At least 11 people lost their eyesight by "rubber bullets" in Zurich since 1980, 2 alone winter 2003/2004; countless persons suffered fractures, deep flesh wounds, open contusions aso. Even apparently light eyedamages are being threatened by long-term consequences until 10 years (!!) after the acute trauma (cataract and glaucoma).
In the eyes of responsibles: "Not as bad as all that"

picture: Society of concerned parents

Rabbit hunt inside Police encircle – Eye shot out!  She wanted to get herself to safety "hands up" from "teargas" – on the same occasion, an other woman suffered a finger fracture from "rubber bullets".  Encircled demo in front of national historicalmuseum, 31st January 1980 more police atrocities

Not only Police extoling their "battle weapons" as "harmless" (TA 29.1.81) and "forgetting" to report injuries as f.e. the severe eye-damage of 27.1.01 "in the heat of the battle" (see Fax Press Dept. Citypolice 29.1.01 to AL-District Councelor Niklaus Scherr). Head of Press Dept. Citypolice himself "emphasized" (!!!) "not having knowledge of someone being hurt by Police forces or having lost eyesight from a rubber bullet" on 6.5.01(TA 7.5.01) – nobody will notice, and if, then he/she won't be able to read on that eye anyway, hahaha.

Also Examination Commissions of District Council not always get to know the whole truth: Against description of Citypolice not only the convenient app. 9.5 - 11 gram "rubber bullets" are in use, but also a variation with double weight (and danger)! What material are they really out of? It is not rubber!

picture: Soceiety of Concerned Parents

Stroke of luck not in the eye – but a scar for a lifetime anyway.

But noone else noticed the convienient lie (excuse me: «arithmetical fault») anyway, and whatever:
Who loses eyesight from "rubber bullets" is not a "law abiding citizen", buta "subhuman creature" and it is "your own fault" of course, and Police «doesn't know» of any injuries and lost of eyesights.

«Who doesn't want to hear, must feel!» «I decide, when it is self-defense!»

There were proceedings against fallible officers not following rules of stipulated "minimal distance" of 20 meters when using "rubber bullets", but miraculously not in one only case it came to a charge, let alone to a trial or to a conviction within the last 20 years – would be too much!

As only institution in Zurich the "Society of Concerned Parents" came out against the use of "rubber bullets". But the try to abolish them again at least in the city of Zurich on democratic ways by an Initiative failed in 1981. In Winter 2002/2003, only the swiss Youth Parliament voted again to abolisch «rubberbullets» and «teargas».

picture: Society of Concerned Parents

The shooting distance can be found out later from the scatter of the wounds / scars. (Here about 10 meters.)

Winter 1999/2000, 2 more eyes shot were out again. Police since as usual «unable to determine who exactly shot» – therefore «no trial possible, sorry» .

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